Sep. 21, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Jason Karlawish reflects on decision by singer Leonard Cohen to resume smoking again at the age of 80; contends decision raises question of when one should set aside life lived for future and instead embrace pleasures of the present. MORE

Dec. 22, 2012

Oct. 14, 2012

A M Homes reviews book I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons. MORE

Sep. 14, 2012

Janet Maslin reviews book I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons. MORE

Feb. 12, 2012

Jesse Kornbluth Loose Ends column marvels at the fact that Leonard Cohen's latest album occupied the No. 1 position on Amazon.com for a week; notes that, at age 77, Cohen has plenty of company among older musicians still reaching the top of the charts. MORE

Does spending the better part of five years in a mountaintop abbey, meditating and cooking, change a person? Leonard Cohen, having descended last year from the enclave of Joshu Sasaki Roshi in the hills above Los Angeles, would like to suggest that he is still the same old romantic known for his ways with wine, women and song. Or perhaps not.

Leonard Cohen occupies a special niche in the roster of composer-performers who achieved prominence in the late 1960's. The singer, poet and guitarist writes authentically poetic songs whose quasi-Biblical lyrics transform personal experience into the language of sacred myth.

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